How Swaledale sheep are unwittingly contributing to peat restoration in the hills

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How Swaledale sheep are unwittingly contributing to peat restoration in the hills
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Ruth Lindsey, a Bradfordian settled in Hardraw in Upper Wensleydale, is making woollen logs for use in peatland restoration

in Protected Landscapes programme in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. So far it has awarded just over one million pounds in grants to 86 businesses. More than a million pounds remains in the pot and farmers are being invited to apply for it.

She said the idea to turn fleeces into logs came to her after reading an article on peatland restoration.She added: “For the past two years four farms have given me their wool, although in future I want to be able to pay for it. This year the fleeces were baled at Thwaite Bridge Farm and put into wool sheets and taken Salts Mill [in Saltaire] to be stored. They will soon be going to Dewsbury for scouring.

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